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Connecticut Farmers Win a Critical First Battle — But the Fight Is Far From Over

Get to Tuesday's Farmer Forum and Take Action Now

Jonathan Goldstein and Dr. Michael Goldstein
Jan 20
 
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While Most Nutmeggers enjoyed a Federal Holiday to honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr, a man who had a dream of Equality over bureaucratic “equity”, Governor Ned Lamont directed the Office of Policy and Management to revert the land use values for farms and open spaces to their 2020 Rates averting tax increases for some farmers over 2300% (See previous article)

Let’s Be Clear - This Did Not Happen By Action

This reversal by Lamont was no accident. It was prompted due to a petition circulated that reached over 20,000 petitions in just a few days in a grassroots uprising of farmers, landowners, residents and neighbors standing up for the injustice to their friends and neighbors. This is a beginning - It is Not a victory lap.

IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED THE PETITION ? DO 3 Things

Step 1 - View the Save CT petition and sign it today: https://www.savectland.org

Step 2 - Share the Save CT petition https://www.savectland.org

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What is Next? - A Farmer Forum at the Capitol Today (Tuesday - January 20) - Attend if You Can

Do Not Let Ned and Hartford Rewrite the Grassroots Narrative

It is really important that you stay on top of our elected officials, especially at the top of the ticket with Gov. Ned Lamont.

He will likely claim he listened and saved the farmers while it was his party that arrived at another detrimental piece of legislation that would have paved the way for forced sales, commercial farms, and conversion of farmland to 8-30g or other “affordable” housing wastelands.

Without sustained pressure, this pause becomes a pivot—and the bulldozers return.

A Warning from History (and Music)

If we let up now, Connecticut’s farmland future looks a lot like the warning sung decades ago by Big Yellow Taxi:

don't it always seem to go
that you don't know what youve got til its gone
they paved paradise
and put up a parking lot

Do Not Rest on Your Laurels while we have made an impact to put Lamont and the one-party rule on the ropes (at least for a moment. Again - 3 Steps to Take Action and be informed and keep on Pressing:

Step 1 - View the Save CT petition and sign it today: https://www.savectland.org

Step 2 - Share the Save CT petition https://www.savectland.org

Step 3 - Subscribe to this Substack and Share it as it is informing many and can inform more -

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The People Still Have the Power if you exercise it.

If you want to read the original article:

Connecticut Farmland Under Siege: PA-490 Tax Hikes, Food Security, and the Fight to Protect Our Farmers

Jonathan Goldstein and Dr. Michael Goldstein
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Jan 15
Connecticut Farmland Under Siege: PA-490 Tax Hikes, Food Security, and the Fight to Protect Our Farmers

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Jonathan Goldstein
Business Consultant, Political Consultant, Campaign Manager, Construction Consultant and Corporate Attorney. Jonathan served as the Campaign Manager for Dr. Michael Goldstein - CT-04
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